Panasonic Sells 80% Stake In Projectors Business, But Staying In That Business July 31, 2024 by Super User A report from a few days back suggested Panasonic had fully sold its projectors business, however deal details now coming available indicate the Japanese electronics company has only sold a majority stake and intends to keep making and selling projectors. The Japanese financial investor Orix is said to be paying the equivalent of around $630M …
French Theme Park Blends Projection Mapping Into New Immersive Water Attraction July 26, 2024 by Super User Here is a fun take on an immersive projection mapping experience in an active water-based attraction – a new addition to the Futuroscope theme park in west-central France. Aquascope is a 6,000-square-metre indoor water park, and it has a crazy set of endlessly-winding water slides for kids of all ages. But the interesting feature, in …
Huge 60-foot Projected Wall, Controlled At Touch Tables, Engages Visitors At Pennsylvania Science Center July 24, 2024 by Super User This is a 60 foot tall interactive projection theater now in use at the Da Vinci Science Center in Allentown, PA – with touch table screens providing controls that drive what’s up on the very large projection surface. It uses eight Christie projectors and the screen rolls up to more than 36 million pixels. Touch …
Korean Tech Institute Commercializes New Kind Of Low-Cost Switchable Projection Film For Large Transparent Surfaces July 18, 2024 by Super User A Korean research institute has developed a new kind of switchable transparent film that can be used as a projection surface for windows and other large glass surfaces. The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, located south of Seoul, has developed and commercialized what it calls a Nano Transparent Screen (NTS) – a 100-inch sheet …
Iconic Centre Pompidou Facade In Paris Converted To Giant Nike Video Promo During Upcoming Olympics July 15, 2024 by Super User The industrial-looking Centre Pompidou visual arts center and museum in Paris is getting a digital facade during the upcoming Olympics – part of an Art of Victory exhibition bankrolled by Nike and opening on July 24. Nike, in PR, says it will “transform the Centre Pompidou’s iconic façade into a canvas that showcases groundbreaking stories …
Ancient Roman City In Turkiye Revived In Projection-Mapped Immersive Museum July 5, 2024 by Super User An ancient Roman trading city is revived and explored using more than 120 projectors at an immersive museum in Selçuk, Türkiye that opened in mid 2023. The Ephesus Experience Museum looks at what life was like in Ephesus before it was largely destroyed in an earthquake in 262. From PR about the immersive experience: Ancient …
Projection In SOHO NYC Building’s Windows Celebrate And Market NBA Finals June 28, 2024 by Super User Here’s a nice example of how the windows of vacant storefronts are once again being used as short-term digital out of home ad tools, projecting on specialized film to fill the windows with video and motion graphics. This is an interactive campaign that ran on the street-level windows of a building in New York’s SOHO …
Big Projection-Mapped Space Helps Tell Tiffany & Co. Story At Tokyo Exhibit June 25, 2024 by Super User Here is a vey nice example of indoor projection mapping done this spring in Tokyo to showcase the product and story of Tiffany & Co. at a special exhibit. The jewelry house developed and ran Tiffany Wonder, a special immersive experience at the Tokyo Node Gallery on the 45th floor of an office tower. The …
Massive 1.5 Acres Of Immersive AV Attractions Open By Seoul’s Main Airport May 29, 2024 by Super User Hat tip to AV Interactive for first posting on this … A massive, projection-driven immersive media attraction is now open at a resort next to Seoul’s vast international airport, with 18 different display halls covering roughly 1.5 acres of what is called Le Space. Beats me why a Korean resort owned by a Native-American gaming …
Elevator Giant Schindler’s Media Network Also Has Projected Ads On Lift Doors May 21, 2024 by Super User I am in Germany this week for the invidis-organized Digital Signage Summit at a hotel attached to Munich’s airport. The S-Bahn will roll me over to that hotel later today, but I am staying right now at a hotel in Munich’s city center – where there are leafy beer gardens and more interesting architecture. My …
